AboveNet | Fiber Optic Connectivity Solutions


Get the fiber optic connectivity solutions you want with NEF and AboveNet.


AboveNet power of choice image.pngAboveNet is a leading resource for connecting businesses and data centers and offers one of the most ubiquitous, flexible networks available. Fulfill your disaster recovery requirements and back up your mission-critical applications and data through their diverse, high speed private fiber optic solutions.

Get dedicated metro fiber connections through Metro Ethernet, a point to point Gigabit Ethernet solution that boasts physical security and scalable bandwidth in a well-designed architecture proven to deliver unparalleled performance.

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AboveNet's secure and scalable Metro Ethernet is a simple and efficient low latency solution. By transparently connecting customer LANS together via dark fiber, it easily and seamlessly provides 24x7 managed Layer 2 CPE for uncompromised performance and security. Metro Ethernet uses dedicated network elements for added physical security and protection of customer data.

Features and Benefits

    * Private Optical Network, exclusively dedicated metro fiber between customer locations
    * Fast deployment for 4800 on-net buildings
    * Plug and Play with IEEE Ethernet standard
    * Dedicated 1 Gigabit bandwidth
    * No congestion from outside sources
    * 24x7 Out-of-Band CPE management by AboveNet Global Network Management Center
    * Experienced local Project Managers assigned for all phases of turn up
    * Single point of accountability
    * 100% customer control
    * Supports customer VLANs

Applications Supported

    * VoIP
    * Video
    * Rich Media downloads/streaming
    * Off-site backups
    * Disaster Recovery
    * Broadcast Video, Video Conferencing
    * Business Continuity
    * Collaboration
    * CAD/CAM applications
    * Financial systems
    * Medical digital imaging
    * Research, modeling, simulation

The AboveNet Metro Ethernet SLA

    * Service Demarcation definition
    * Fiber Demarcation definition
    * AboveNet CPE Management
    * Uptime Service Objective
    * Response Time Objective
    * Service Credits
    * AboveNet will monitor the service using an out-of-band management channel and management router installed at the customer premise.
    * AboveNet's NMC is 7x24x365, located in Herndon, Va.
    * 2 hour response/ 4 hour MTTR with outage credits applicable for time out of service.

Learn more about AboveNet today by contacting us at 877-404-FADC (3232).